Apparatus for and a method of expanding tubulars, and particularly tubulars or a string of tubulars that have one or more perforated portions and one or more non-perforated portions. In one embodiment, the apparatus (150) includes an inflatable element (e.g. a packer 152) that has a shaft (156) rotatably coupled thereto so that the shaft (156) can rotate relative to the inflatable element (152). An expansion cone (158) is threadedly engaged with a threaded portion (156t) of the shaft (156) so that it moves along the threaded portion (156t) upon rotation of the shaft (156) relative to the cone (158).
申请公布号
WO03015954(A1)
申请公布日期
2003.02.27
申请号
WO2002GB03734
申请日期
2002.08.12
申请人
E2 TECH LIMITED;OOSTERLING, PETER;MORRISON, COLIN, NEIL;BURGE, PHILIP, MICHAEL
发明人
OOSTERLING, PETER;MORRISON, COLIN, NEIL;BURGE, PHILIP, MICHAEL